Judges 21:7 “What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn b…”

Judges 21:7

What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

World English Bible

How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”

American Standard Version

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Geneva Bible 1599

How shall we do for wiues to them that remaine, seeing we haue sworne by the Lord, that we will not giue them of our daughters to wiues?

Darby Translation

What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.

Young's Literal Translation

what do we do for them — for those who are left — for wives, and we — we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'

Bible in Basic English

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

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Cross references

“sworn”

Judges 21:1 Judges 21:18 1 Samuel 14:45 1 Samuel 14:28 1 Samuel 14:29

Judges 21:1 · BSB

Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

Judges 21:18 · BSB

But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

1 Samuel 14:45 · BSB

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has acco…

1 Samuel 14:28 · BSB

Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

1 Samuel 14:29 · BSB

“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

8So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

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